Burlingame, CA and San Jose, CA - April 14, 2003 – Matisse Software
Inc. and HiT Software, today announced the completion of a partnership
agreement that provides IT teams a highly scalable SQL-Object database
with dynamic XML integration support. This partnership is significant
because it offers developers powerful object persistence via the Matisse
DBMS along with the dynamic XML data import or export to these persisted
objects via HiT Software jAllora middleware. Without such joint technology
integration, development teams have been required to write detailed custom
code using XML parsers, XSL libraries, and SQL in order to support standard
XML data. With this new partnership, developers will save significant
time during development since Matisse and jAllora perform XML-to-Object
transformation transparently.

Matisse 6.0 now fully integrates with jAllora in order to further empower
developers with complex distributed data management projects such as pharmaceutical
testing, government security, business analytics and financial modeling.

jAllora leverages leading edge XML mapping and transformation technology
to give developers bi-directional XML access to the Matisse database without
the need for SQL programming. The design-time wizards in jAllora also
speed up development by automatically generating source code that calls
jAllora APIs. jAllora supports mapping of application DTDs and XML schemas
directly to Matisse database schema classes, thereby saving developers
time by not having to write XSLT code.

"Our partnership with HiT Software is driven by our client and partner
needs to extend integration via XML standards," said Didier Cabannes,
President, Matisse Software, Inc. "We expect our existing customers
and new customers to benefit immediately from this partnership as they
incorporate XML standards within their IT infrastructure."

"The flexible data model of Matisse SQL-Object database is a great
fit for XML, and adding XML support via jAllora gives customers a valuable
integration feature," said Giacomo Lorenzin, CEO at HiT Software,
Inc. "Delivering high value and pathways for future integration are
fundamentals every customer requires."

About Matisse Software
Matisse Software Inc. delivers database software and services to companies
that need to rapidly, and cost effectively, develop and deploy scalable
applications and services. Matisse 6.0, the company's flagship product,
is the first ever SQL-Object programmable data server on the market. Matisse
has enabled developers across the world to implement applications and
services that require high performance on complex data that goes beyond
the modeling capabilities of legacy relational databases. The Matisse
database has been powering mission critical systems including nuclear
power plants and pharmaceutical plants for over a decade. Matisse Software
Inc. is a private company. For more information visit www.matisse.com.

Founded in 1994, HiT Software is based in San Jose, California, and is
a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). HiT Software products
are sold and serviced worldwide by the HiT Software direct sales team,
international subsidiaries, and authorized channel partners. Additional
information is available at www.hitsw.com, by sending e-mail to info@hitsw.com,
or by calling (408) 345-4001.

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